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Three Northwest Colorado teams placed at State Basketball over the weekend. The Meeker boys won their final game defeating Byers 51-44 to take 3rd at the 2A tournament. Also in 2A, the Rangely girls fell to Holyoke 46-41, finishing in 6th place. The Continue reading →

Three Northwest Colorado Basketball teams advance to the Great Eight round in State Basketball. The Moffat County Girls defeated Lutheran 44-38. This Thursday morning the Lady Bulldogs will have their work cut out for them as they face off against number-one seeded Kent Denver at 11:45. The Meeker Boys beat Simla 56-46 to advance. They will play Highland Thursday night at 8:30. The Rangely Girls defeated Dayspring Continue reading →

The Meeker Girls and Moffat County Girls continue play Friday in the State and Regional tournaments, with both games being broadcast on 93.7 102.3 KRAI and online at KRAI.COM. The 10th seeded Meeker girls, who come into the match-up with 17-5 record overall, and a 10-1 record in league play, will Continue reading →

The operator of the Deserado mine near Rangely has received a citation for a safety violation related to the worker who died at the mine in August. 32-year-old Jason Stevens of Vernal Utah was killed after a trough, a container used to clean coal, fell on him and crushed his body. According to the investigative Continue reading →

The body that was found in the White River near Rangely last month has been positively identified as 66-year-old Peter Ruffner. Ruffner’s body was found in the area near Texas Beach on November Continue reading →

The Bureau of Land Management is also asking for the public to comment on the environmental assessment of a proposed 364-mile off-highway vehicle trail system in Rio Blanco County. The proposed Wagon Wheel West OHV Trail System Continue reading →

Tuesday is election Day. Anyone planning to vote, who has not yet done so, will need to submit their ballot to the local County Clerk’s office, or vote in person at a certified polling location by 7 tonight. The Moffat County Clerks Office will be Continue reading →

Voters have until Tuesday to submit their ballots to their local County Clerk’s office. If you have not yet mailed in your ballot it is now too late. Polling places will be available in Moffat, Routt and Rio Blanco Counties on Tuesday. In Moffat County, voters can show up at the Moffat County Courthouse. In Rio Blanco County, you Continue reading →

A relatively small 2.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded near Rangely earlier this week according to the website earthquaketrack.com. The earthquake occurred Thursday, 3.2 miles northwest of Rangely just after 11:30 in the Continue reading →

Police are still looking for information on the man who went missing from the Rangely area last month. Anyone with potential information on 66-year-old Peter Christian Ruffner’s location is asked to contact that the Rio Blanco County Continue reading →